House-raising

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  house-raising \house-raising\ n.
     A gathering for the construction of a house by a group of
     neighbors, usually in a rural community, and sometimes
     accomplished in a single day; similar to a {barn-raising}.
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  house-raising
       n : construction by a group of neighbors